Bypassing the Mac OS X GUI

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What if......
2007-06-18 20:22:43 Gaaary [Reply | View]

What if when you press ^O and enter and it says at the bottom "cannot open file for writing" ?

Are the Hacks Universal in MAC OS X 10.?
2007-04-10 12:14:14 I_am_Yar [Reply | View]

Can these hacks work in all the different versions of Mac OS X? Everything else seems to be dependent on the Mac OS X version. I'm new to the Mac OS X scene.

Are the Hacks Universal in MAC OS X 10.?
2007-04-10 12:03:58 I_am_Yar [Reply | View]

Can these hacks work in all the different versions of Mac OS X? Everything else seems to be dependent on the Mac OS X version. I'm new to the Mac OS X scene.

Are the Hacks Universal in MAC OS X 10.?
2007-04-10 12:03:36 I_am_Yar [Reply | View]

Can these hacks work in all the different versions of Mac OS X? Everything else seems to be dependent on the Mac OS X version. I'm new to the Mac OS X scene.

lost all passwords
2006-09-29 19:35:51 diggman [Reply | View]

I have a apple G4 I book lost all passwords in a fire and cant remember them what can I do

lost all passwords
2007-03-05 06:26:04 alfanijackson [Reply | View]

On the OS X install CD, there's a utility that will reset your password. Try using that if you've forgotten your password.

Booting Straight to the Console on Tiger
2006-05-17 12:07:15 Venture37 [Reply | View]

after you have edited /etc/ttys move WindowServer.plist out of /etc/mach_init.d/
this will stop the blank blue screen with a cursor appearing
http://www.geeklan.co.uk/?p=69

Venture37 @ GeekLAN

Defaulting to verbose booting via nvram
2005-09-19 01:30:15 chinarut [Reply | View]

"Verbose booting shows you the actual process of Mac OS X's startup. You'll see drivers get loaded and services launch. This command should work on any recent (New World) Macintosh: sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args="-v" "

For some reason I still had to use Command-V to get my login prompt. If you don't Mac OS X (10.3.9) will show you the usual GUI status and apparently "hang" on 'Starting loging window' when it's really waiting for you to log in via console at the prompt behind the scenes!

fair warning to those who try this hack - I didn't know what to do other than shutdown via power switch.. *grin*

before you try this hack....
2005-09-19 01:15:41 chinarut [Reply | View]

I strongly suggest you create an emergency boot cd for your system:

http://www.charlessoft.com

saved my *ss! ;)

bypass logg in os 10
2005-08-19 21:42:30 7hillz [Reply | View]

I need help. just bought a G4 from a whole seller but i do not have original username or password. how can I by pass login promt so I don't have to re install os 10

Works for me...
2005-03-22 12:11:15 Secure_Computing [Reply | View]

Hey folks. The above hacks work great for me. Perhaps you need to try and use the 'nickname' that you setup for your account? MacOS X uses that short name as your actual username, and the full name for display purposes only. For example, if your name was John Smith, and you used jsmith as your short name, that would be the username. console is not a valid username in the system, btw. Logging in as root with the password you set for su or root should work, too.

HTH

So what happens if you get stuck with verbose startup?
2005-03-20 14:07:50 moodymann [Reply | View]

Hi
I just performed a clean installation of 10.3.8 and a couple of days later the installation has mysteriously got stuck in Verbose mode. No user is recognised at the end of the verbose list when asked to login. Very wierd. So what do i do????
Cheers
MM

So what happens if you get stuck with verbose startup?
2005-09-19 04:28:40 Jeppie [Reply | View]

Well, I�ve been stupid to try this hack too. But now i�m stuck. Can someone help this noob? When i login using my username or using root he says "login incorrect" while i entered it right. How can I get into my mac? Or how do I set the settings back? Plz help me, I�m lost.

So what happens if you get stuck with verbose startup?
2005-09-19 01:14:01 chinarut [Reply | View]

hey - I got this too - I tried my own user, i enabled root and tried this a million times.

then i wondered how do you do a soft-reboot from console?

is there a key sequence so I can avoid shutting my machine down via power switch?

So what happens if you get stuck with verbose startup?
2007-09-16 05:22:22 ShaunRM [Reply | View]

From the Terminal prompt type sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args=""

So what happens if you get stuck with verbose startup?
2007-04-10 11:51:16 I_am_Yar [Reply | View]

After you login, type shutdown -h -r -n 00:30(set time 1 minute ahead of current time). The -r is for restart. Leave it out if you just want to shutdown. I figured this out on my own and could only get the shutdown process to actually work by adding the -n switch which is for setting a time for the shutdown. I usually just set it for 1 minute ahead of the current time. The time is in military time.

So what happens if you get stuck with verbose startup?
2007-04-10 20:52:03 I_am_Yar [Reply | View]

Just adding a correction. To restart from the command line prompt type the shutdown command with the -r (restart) switch and -n (time to restart). To shutdown the Mac from the command line type the shutdown command then -h switch and the -n (time to restart)switch.

Example:

shutdown -r -n 21:36

So what happens if you get stuck with verbose startup?
2008-01-11 14:03:03 coreyva [Reply | View]

To have the system shutdown/reboot immediately, just append now to the command.

shutdown -r now

Login fails (OSX 10.3.5)
2005-01-19 18:18:07 snies [Reply | View]
When I change the /etc/ttys I end up
at a login prompt for Darwin/BSD as planned.

BUT, I can't log in with any user not even
root. The usual graphical mode and the >console way work perfectly.

I have no chance but using command+S to get
back into the system.

Using the approach documented here, there is only the message "Login failed". Using the slightly differnet way discribed on
where also /etc/rc is changed has the same result but also some error message like:
apple.auth.server: user "blabla" failed right system.login.tty
Sorry but i could not copy the code since i could not log in.

Would be glad to here some advice,
snies

Spec: ibook G4, OSX 10.3.5 plus the Updates till today 2005-01-20

Login fails (OSX 10.3.8)
2005-03-02 09:50:00 jslmg [Reply | View]

Yes, I'm having exactly the same result as snies -- no login allowed. I'm using OS 10.3.8, though. I saw a list of option above the first login prompt, but I couldn't go back to read them. Could one of those options be the solution?

What did we miss? Please tell us...

Edititg TTYS and >console don't work
2004-10-04 15:41:32 adamhelp [Reply | View]

I did make the change:

#
# @(#)ttys 5.2 (Berkeley) 6/10/93
#
# name getty type status comments
#
# If the console is marked insecure, single-user requires
# the root password.
console "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" vt100 on secure
#console "/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow"

and tried login >console

each case i see a BSD login screen for 5 seconds then a plain blue auqua sceen pops up with a mouse and nothing else.

I reset my TTYS back to normal.

I want my full console :-(

Adamhelp

Automatically Start xdarwin
2004-01-18 23:45:24 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

Great, now is there a way to automatically start xdarwin after you login?

Pico wrapping
2004-01-05 16:38:19 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

With Pico and Nano, you should ALWAYS use pico -w, which WILL wrap text. I have this aliased on my system.

man pico

problem
2003-07-28 10:57:33 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

how do i write to file? will not let me write to file

problem
2004-10-04 18:08:36 adamhelp [Reply | View]

Hi, had the same problem

1) enable root account
2) type "login" at the term and login as root
3) type "bash"
4) Then follow the above instructions

hope it helps

help with /etc/ttys URGENT!!!
2003-06-26 18:00:19 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

some how my Mac start up with Console instead of Aqua, so I tried to edit the /etc/ttys

however, probably something wrong with the spacing, after restarted, I can't use pico neither vi anymore.

How do I edit the file now?

please help...urgent..

thanks

help with /etc/ttys URGENT!!!
2003-07-30 09:52:33 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

the SAME thing just happened to me out of the blue- how do i get back to aqua??? typing logout or exit do nothing.
sharifz@mac.com
pleease help!
thx

help with /etc/ttys URGENT!!!
2003-07-26 10:04:00 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

If you let pico word wrap and the line you commented out gets broken into two lines your ttys file won't boot you anymore (system hangs when it boots).

You need to boot into single use mode by holding command + s during startup.

this will give you root access to the shell. you will need to remount the hard drive in RW mode so type:

mount -o rw,remount /

then you can edit your /etc/ttys file

:-)

-shua-z

Wrong video card
2003-06-13 16:18:27 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

It's nice to see the console, but it wasn't on my Radeon, it was on the motherboard ati chip with the RGB out (Beige Desktop G3). Is there anyway I can it to output to the PCI video instead?

starting aqua from command line
2003-05-12 15:34:26 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

So, how does one start Aqua from the command line?

Does it only work to reedit /etc/ttys and reboot???

starting aqua from command line
2003-05-13 22:31:55 harywilke [Reply | View]

Me two, Me two!

I'd also very much like to know how to start Aqua from the command line.
I have a G3B&W that i use as a server and most of the time have the monitor i share use on it hooked up to another machine. if i force reboot and forget to hook up the monitor it won't launch aqua which can be a pain.
is there a way around this?

starting aqua from command line
2003-06-07 11:28:11 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

I, with the help of Sorel, wrote a script to invoke the gui from the command line. It goes like this:

#!/bin/tcsh
setenv __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING 0x0:0:0
/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow&
/System/Library/CoreServices/WindowServer

You have to log in as root when the machine boots for it to work. I called the script startx :-) and put it in /usr/bin/ oh and don't forget to chmod it to 755

-shua

starting aqua from command line
2003-06-13 15:17:29 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

I have discovered through use that in order to boot into a stable aqua the script should look like this instead:

#!/bin/tcsh
setenv __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING 0x0:0:0
/System/Library/CoreServices/WindowServer&
/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow

Remember, you will have to log in as root or the setenv wont work. To log in as root one first has to enable the root account through the netinfo manager program in /Aplications/utilities

-shua

starting aqua from command line
2005-09-19 00:49:28 chinarut [Reply | View]

I logged in using the ">console" login mentioned in another thread (which works great, btw) - I thought this might be a perfect place to test out this script - no can do - it went to a blue screen and spun the busy icon for quite awhile w/o coming back.

Fair warning to those who were just as curious as me :)

starting aqua from command line
2003-05-12 17:51:34 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

and running this:

/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow

won't do it....

sz

login as ">console"
2003-05-12 12:17:49 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

the hack described here shouldn't be necessary for most users. From the login window, if you type ">console" (without the quotes, just the greater-than symbol followed immediately by the word console) with no password, the aqua gui dissappears and you'll be given a console screen with a new login prompt. Once you exit that login session, you'll get the aqua gui back.

login as ">console"
2004-10-04 18:18:03 adamhelp [Reply | View]

Hi, running 10.3.5 i login as >console no password i see the BSD login for 5 sec and ablue screen with a mouse pops up and no dock, icon, or GUI login screen?

Same when i edited ttys

???????
help

login as ">console"
2003-10-22 00:32:04 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

I tried logging in as >console in hopes of starting x11 instead of aqua, but couldn't get (apple's) X11 to start from the commandline - presumably because it wants aqua to show the menubar? Anyway of getting X11 to start from the commandline, or do I need xdarwin to do this?

login as ">console"
2004-02-06 14:14:55 reason_dow [Reply | View]

How to set up logging into X11 as default
-Note: Use this information at your own risk as I take no responsibility with reguards to any damage you cause any computer system by following these instructions. If you don't understand what you are doing by playing with your boot files, do not try this.

you would need to first make the Apple X11 install inoperable by doing the following:
1. open a term window while logged in as root in Aqua
2. type the following: mv /etc/X11 /etc/X11.apple
mv /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11R6.apple
then install XFree86 from the X on X project. it comes as a OS X .dmg file which conatins the installer for a XDarwin based X11. do the following
3. run the installer and install everything
----if your default shell is already 'tcsh' skip steps 4-7
4. open NetInfo in /Applications/Utilities/
5. authenticate
6. then change your default shell from bas to tcsh
7. save and exit
8. open a term window and type the following:
-8a. pico .profile
-8b. source /sw/bin/init.csh
-8c. Control-x
-8d. y
-8e. Enter
9. download the fink package from SourceForge.net
9a. download the FinkCommander as well (optional)
10. install them both
Note.
-FinkCommander is a great utility for controlling the installation of X11 apps for OS X, it is recommended to downlad this as well
11. now we need to edit the appropriate set up scripts to open X11 binarys instead of the finder and other core Aqua WM components. I STRESS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. STOP READING THESE INSTRUCTIONS NOW.
11a. open a term window and type the following:
11a1. sudo pico /etc/rc
11a2. down at the bottom replace SystemStarter with /bin/XDarwin
(btw, you might want to check on the file paths)
11a3. Control-x
11a4. y
11a5. Enter
Note.
-XDarwin must have already been set up to run rooted and not to wait for any GUI input before running
12. restart and everything goes as planned

login as ">console"
2005-03-02 10:29:30 jslmg [Reply | View]

This hack -- "logging into X11 as default" -- isn't working for me. At least not yet.

I got the same result as snies, but I think that result is related to changing the /etc/rc for X11 default. Do I only need to change the LAST entry in /rc, or are there other lines I have to replace? I noticed that there is also a "SystemStarter -r" entry for "LanguageChooser."

Is there anything else we should know about this hack?

pico quick hack
2003-05-06 12:50:12 anonymous2 [Reply | View]

Not really a hack, but if you use the '-w' attribute, pico will not wrap the lines. i.e.:

sudo pico -w filename

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Verbose Booting

Bypassing LoginWindow

Reversing the Changes